Megathrust earthquakes, coastal uplift, and emergent marine terraces of Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
Jeff Marshall Cal Poly Pomona University   Location Continent: Central America  Country: Costa Rica  State/Province: Nicoya Peninsula  City/Town:  UTM coordinates and datum: none Setting ...

Tsunamis part of Hazards:Tsunamis
The awesome power of tsunami waves has been demonstrated several times in the recent past. The resources linked below will aid faculty in helping their students understand the processes underpinning these events. ...

Geologic Catastrophes part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Courses
This is an introductory-level lecture and activity based course focused on geologic hazards in the Pacific Northwest: earthquakes, tsunami, volcanic eruptions, and landslides. Students are required to access the ...

Ideas for Teaching part of Hazards:Tsunamis
Vignettes Vignettes are stand-alone, illustrated electronic case studies that teach about geomorphology, surface processes, and/or Quaternary history. They are short, place-based examples that allow instructors to ...

Tsunami Think-Pair-Share part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:First Day of Class:Activities
David Mogk, Montana State University Course: Environmental Geology 60 students Connecting course topics to real life can be very powerful. The Activity The semester immediately following the December, 2004 tsunami ...

Teaching Activities part of Hazards:Tsunamis
Skip to search results Skip to pagination Results 1 - 15 of 27 matches Tsunami Stories: Learning from Oral Histories from Around the World Sarah Glancy, University of Hawaii-West Oahu In this jigsaw activity, ...

Coastal Alaska is Tsunami Country (in 9 languages) part of EarthScope ANGLE:Educational Materials:Resources
Factsheet and infographics on protecting yourself in a tsunami hazard zone in Alaska. Whether coastal Alaska is your home, workplace, or a travel destination, it is important to know how to stay safe in the event of a tsunami. Safety actions vary for different communities in Alaska.

Tsunami Run-up Prediction for Seaside, Oregon with My World GIS part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Tsunami in Seaside Oregon 3
DATA: NGDC Historical Tsunami Data, Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Data. TOOLS: Geobrain Online Analysis System (GeOnAS) DEM Explorer, My World GIS. SUMMARY: Download and examine global, historical tsunami run-up patterns. Acquire DEM contours and import them into My World GIS. Then visualize the potential sea-level rise that could occur during a tsunami run-up event near Seaside, Oregon.

Tsunami Run-up Prediction for Seaside, Oregon with ArcExplorer GIS part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Tsunami in Seaside Oregon 1
DATA: NGDC Historical Tsunami Data, Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Data. TOOLS: Geobrain Online Analysis System (GeOnAS) DEM Explorer, ArcExplorer Java Edition for Education (AEJEE) GIS, & Excel. SUMMARY: Download and examine global, historical tsunami run-up patterns. Acquire DEM contours and import them into AEJEE GIS. Then visualize the potential sea-level rise that could occur during a tsunami run-up event near Seaside, Oregon.

Looking for paleotsunami evidence: an example from Cultus Bay, Washington part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Activities